Bull Market Could Last Through the First Quarter

Bullish investors returning to equities have sparked a market rally in 2013. The WSJ's Mark Cranfield tells us why this may last-at least through the first quarter.

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I ... the ... eighteen spring to be had to endure first stock markets around the world but how long will this latest rally at last ... Cheney me now the Wall Street Journal Mark Cranfield from Singapore ... a K Mart seems like we got through the fiscal cliff crisis ... at the end of last year things it's ... been a good year so far ... so what's in store ... so the big dog Transocean said the move to a fiscal cliff is ... going to vote on being the written even seem to be too bold with the Brumby ... the debt ceiling seems to be good news all good whispers coming off ... the bat we sold pretty easily ... so though that all those radio far away ... and probably for the next couple of months it was a ... fitting to run for markets providing this surprising ... external effects ... economies are doing reasonably well ... and U S ... forces become and that Europe is president of Vikram ... Pandit late to book a reasonable sum or an all ... the different the stomach of ... things to worry about the people for such we can look ... for the good news ... again not to be a pessimist are anything but a lot of talk last year about comp ... at us and bring a fiscal cry at the cliff Christ this ... was really just cut a kicking the can down the red ... I know we're also facing elections in your app so what do you think is the next speed bump on the markets are going to face ... but that will be the next big long ... tumultuous the Italian elections ... we're seeing that Berlusconi has turned his back into the picture ... and ... those with and he's over hipper unpredictable character ... it really ... was doing quite well last year they repaired of of of things that that in terms of that that situation ... but it Berlusconi's popularity rises and it does well in the March elections ... but the pro Europe into disarray so entomologist for the next big one ... under the costs which are in need of the June elections in September ... a can of course here in Asia and we've seen have Japanese exporters' benefiting ... from a weaker yen ... what's in store for the region here and email and ... I did things look as optimistic and a bullish as they do elsewhere ... midges defended potentially a ... huge story courses is Goebel detentions in its midst of a wrongly ... the prime ministership ... recently and ... already the surprising thing is that he's ... his ratings on the wretched been on the rise of autism yeti values ... but Japan ... um ... is really a could be the first time in decades ... the Japan is no longer a drag on world growth which will ... mean a lot because ... investors have been shying away from Japanese markets aid to states that every big markets of ... but investors it's hard to ignore ... Japan when it assigns a growth pick up a lot of money swings ... from the rest of the robots which ... I'm ... because of Japan to goodwill Trek money back into other parts of Asia ... there will be one of two competitors ... in a nation of one of these unhappy career is a Mobius ... exalt you can see the currency to strengthen them openly might want to try to reverse that ... but all in all it is to Penney's ... it is not slowing down of dependency turning positive ... I can be very good news for the poodle Malaysia ... at camp with a lot of people looking to see it that two percent ... inflation target will be in that ... thanks Fran that's my Penfold dining us from Singapore ... for more on the markets you can get to Des beest dot com I'm Deborah con ...